After the world responded in disgust to his suggestion that America should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, televangelist Pat Robertson claimed that his comments were “misinterpreted” and by attempting to clarify his statements he merely dug himself deeper into the hole of lunacy he dwells in with millions of other Duhmerikans.

True to its nature, Israel’s claims of disengagement with Palestinians was just another lie. It has announced that it will steal 60 square kilometers of Arab land and recently hunted down and murdered five Palestinians in a refugee camp.

A Sunday Herald investigation has discovered that US forces are holding more than 100 children in jails such as Abu Ghraib. Witnesses claim that the detainees – some as young as 10 – are also being subjected to rape and torture.

Israel’s pullout from the Gaza Strip has been promoted as a peace making move and a disengagement with the Palestinians. While the world has been sold this story and the images that go with it another agenda is clearly at work.

Many small towns in America have discovered that UFO Festivals are great ways to attract visitors and boost the local economy, however, Fyffe has a solid UFO history. It was the location of sightings by police officers of a triangular UFO, cattle mulitations and black helicopters.

Despite overwhelming proof that microwave radiation is extremely dangerous and causes permanent harm, the US military is rolling out its new microwave weapon for use in Iraq and through US police departments.

Despite the loss of aid for not supporting American empirialism, many latin american countries are refusing to exempt the US from the world criminal court. Some of the countries are seeking closer ties to China to replace the former aid from the US.

Environmental ministers and officials from 23 countries met Thursday near a glacier that is retreating at an alarming pace and agreed that governments must stop arguing over global warming and start acting.

St. Michael’s Residential School was open from 1929 to 1975 and was a key part of the Canadian program to destroy native cultures. Recently, more than 250 people from all over British Columbia representing some 18 bands came to attend a healing ceremony.

A prosecutor has been ‘disciplined’ by the Louisiana Supreme Court for withholding exculpatory evidence in order to get a death sentence for a 16-year old. This is the first time in Lousyanna that a state persecuter has been reprimanded.

Stem cells are present in the umbilical cord blood and can possibly be used in treating disease and cloning applications. Companies are sprouting up that offer to harvest and preserve umbilical cord blood starting at the low price of only $1500.

While the Toyota Prius is a great leap forward in technology compared to the gas guzzling monstrosities produced by Detroit, it is still much less efficient than it should be due to concessions made to oil companies. One man has taken his Prius to the next step and gets up to 250 mpg.

Iran is committed to standing up to the US while the US seems to be determined to attack Iran. Muslims have drawn a line in the sand at Iran – if the US attacks a holy war is likely to be declared. Could it be the start of World War 3?

Agriculture in North America is a tricky business dictated solely by greed. Various agencies and organizations tell farmers what they can plant, if and when they can harvest and who they can sell to. The penalties for not obeying the fascist food police include stiff fines and even jail.

Part of the US war on the people of Iraq is the destruction of their food supply and means to feed themselves. With their own seed supply destroyed, Iraqis are forced by new US law to only buy seeds from US criminal corporations like Monsanto.

Superhuman feats of strength are common with Qigong Masters. Anthony Wee had a double-decker bus weighing 9.36 tonnes driven over him when he was 45 years of age, but, his most important feats are healing.

The Brazilian documentary ”Born to Be Blind” tells the extraordinary story of three sisters who overcome almost inconceivable adversity to achieve a certain measure of fame in the second half-century of their lives – and yet are still not able to fully escape the poverty and precariousness that has marked their entire existence.

Now you have another reason to stop using a cell phone. The radiation can damage your eyes by causing the tissue to bubble. This is in addition to damaging your DNA, causing brain disease, sterility, memory loss, nauseau and a host of other problems.

TeleSur, short for Television of the South, was launched in July and broadcasts by satellite from Caracas, Venezuela. It is a fresh new hope for democracy and truth in a continent that has suffered over 500 years of colonialism and neo-colonialism.

The atomic bombs dropped on Japan, 60 years ago, may have been the most crucial event of the 20th century. But it was not the top news story. In fact, it was simply covered up with lies by both the US and Japan.

Seven local farmers were killed when police attempted to block a protest march to the site of a copper mine which would contaminate the watershed for vast areas if put into production. 8 remain missing, 40 were injured and 32 arrested.

Corporate war criminal Halliburton announced that its KBR division, responsible for carrying out Pentagon contracts, experienced a 284 percent increase in operating profits during the second quarter of this year.

The fibbies (FBI) have branded people who defend animals and the environment as terrorists. A new book is out called “Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals” that addresses the issue.

Capt. Thomas F. Mantell Jr. was chasing a UFO when his plane mysteriously exploded in 1948, yet, the ‘balloon’ explanation for the UFO continues to be promoted even today and currents sightings are simply ignored.

Cigarette smoking and being exposed to secondhand smoke during pregnancy are equally likely to cause permanent genetic mutations in the fetus, yet, smoking is still socially acceptable and widely promoted in mass media.

Trurkish truck drivers face possible ambush, death, kidnapping or injury, and work for only a few hundred dollars a trip. They mainly oppose the US-led war in Iraq, yet are seen by some as supporting it.

The debate over genetically modified organisms just got a lot hotter in California. Last month, Democratic State Senator Dean Florez introduced an amendment that would effectively remove a community’s control over its food supply.

Jeff Martin says he doesn’t remember much about his brush with lightning or the resulting four-day hospital stay.
All the 15-year-old has are the groggy memories of sirens, lashing out at paramedics, being strapped to a hospital bed because of muscle spasms and feeling a tube in his throat.

Higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome – very little plankton. Is this the start of the collapse of another vital ecosystem or something else?

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